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Topic: Happy for them (Read 15136 times)

My Best friend Tim has been with his partner Ron for 32 years , I met my friend Tim in 3 rd grade and we have been friends ever since so I'm just as close to Ron as I am Tim after all these years .

They are getting married in Iowa on April 8th and they have invited me to go along for the celebration and I suspect knowing Ron its also to save $50 so he doesn't have to hire a witness . We are going to make a road trip out of it and stop along the way to do whatever we find worth doing .

I cant think of two people that are more deserving of their hearts desire and that is to be legally married, something my generation never thought we would see until a few years ago . I'm am just busting with joy for my two best buddies that have been with me through thick and thin my whole life so I had to share it here .

You all enjoy, I envy you it sounds fun and road trips are the best thing in the world. You will be the witness,Best Man ,Maid of Honor Jeff you can all the roles . Good timing also , make sure there,s a splash off luxury as well.Pip Pipm

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"If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people ." Tony Benn

I give you 7000 incredibly informative, insightful and educational posts and you want to stick me with a vinyl backpack?

You should know that that our disbursement and shipping center is notoriously slow ... You are number 22674 in line to receive your gift . All back orders a week old are canceled and if there is a cure for HIV you will be billed $69.95 .

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

hehehehe... Of my 27,833 posts, 14,903 of them have been in the Am I Insane Infected? forum. I also have 505 posts in the trash (many of them deleted Moved threads), so I'm actually already over 28,000.

Moved threads are also responsible for me being the Top Topic Starter on the Stats page. I always try to delete the moved threads once the OP knows where it went, but I forget to sometimes.

I've also spent over a year logged onto this forum - 414 days, 20 hours and 43 minutes - as of when I opened my stats page a few minutes ago. I need to get a life.

Jeff, is Tim getting cold feet yet? I'm really excited for them so I hope he isn't. Give them both a big wedding hug from me.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

[/quote] Jeff, is Tim getting cold feet yet? I'm really excited for them so I hope he isn't. Give them both a big wedding hug from me. [/quote]

They are both very excited . There is lots of love and sentiment about this wedding but there is also an urgency to it . Ron is not in the best of health and just turned 62 so even though this is a celebration of their 32 years together its also will make things much simpler for estate planning . They have 32 years worth of co-mingled assets ... you get the picture I'm sure .

Its heartless to deny the benefits of marriage to all of us ... so we have been going around Alabama loudly discussing the wedding plans and the look on some peoples faces is priceless . We had to get documents notarized and it was fun making a show of why we needed them . We only got positive feedback, only one person clearly disapproved but kept her mouth shut and only gave us what I call the stink eye look .

"Life in Lubbock, Texas, taught me two things: One is that God loves you and you're going to burn in hell. The other is that sex is the most awful, filthy thing on earth and you should save it for someone you love." - Butch Hancock, Musician, The Flatlanders

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

I am an ordained minister but only because its free on the internet to become one and it so pisses off my southern baptist relatives when I bring it up that its totally worth the otherwise worthless certificate .

I am an ordained minister but only because its free on the internet to become one and it so pisses off my southern baptist relatives when I bring it up that its totally worth the otherwise worthless certificate .

You mean to say I've been confessing to a minister all this time? Yikes!

hehehehe... Of my 27,833 posts, 14,903 of them have been in the Am I Insane Infected? forum. I also have 505 posts in the trash (many of them deleted Moved threads), so I'm actually already over 28,000.

Moved threads are also responsible for me being the Top Topic Starter on the Stats page. I always try to delete the moved threads once the OP knows where it went, but I forget to sometimes.

I've also spent over a year logged onto this forum - 414 days, 20 hours and 43 minutes - as of when I opened my stats page a few minutes ago. I need to get a life.

Jeff, is Tim getting cold feet yet? I'm really excited for them so I hope he isn't. Give them both a big wedding hug from me.

Ann, Andy...Don't forget the old days before this current setup. that is going back to the start of the century, and even the late 1990's for Andy...You must both be well over 50.000, maybe alot more. Hugs to both you old timers who have talked many good folks off the ledge and been there for countless others when there wasn't much out there and we didn't even call it cyberspace!

Jody

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"Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world". "Try to discover that you are the song that the morning brings."

I am an ordained minister but only because its free on the internet to become one and it so pisses off my southern baptist relatives when I bring it up that its totally worth the otherwise worthless certificate .

Didn't I turn you onto that site? I remember when Matty told me about it, I quickly ordered the certificate and card to carry in my wallet. It always freaks people out when I show them my minister card.

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I've never killed anyone, but I frequently get satisfaction reading the obituary notices.-Clarence Darrow

Didn't I turn you onto that site? I remember when Matty told me about it, I quickly ordered the certificate and card to carry in my wallet. It always freaks people out when I show them my minister card.

Yes Yes ... I thought it was the lord that laid it on my heart to serve but now I remember is was you sister Betty, it was you . Hallalooyer .

Didn't I turn you onto that site? I remember when Matty told me about it, I quickly ordered the certificate and card to carry in my wallet. It always freaks people out when I show them my minister card.

You too Betty? I've got to get me one of those so people will take me more seriously!

I can only speak for myself, but there are certainly days when I feel over 50,000.... oh wait, you're talking about posts, not years.

IIRC, Peter Staley started AIDSmeds.com in 1999 and Andy was on board from the beginning. I rocked up in early 2001. I think you were here from around 2000, yes? I know you were one of the first people I "met" here, and that was even before we had the FuseTalk forum software. I think Peter got us FuseTalk in late 2001 or early 2002. You, Andy and me are the only ones left from the pre-FuseTalk days. Don't know about you, but I miss Peter and Tim Horn, the other original member/moderator.

"...health will finally be seen not as a blessing to be wished for, but as a human right to be fought for." Kofi Annan

Nymphomaniac: a woman as obsessed with sex as an average man. Mignon McLaughlin

HIV is certainly character-building. It's made me see all of the shallow things we cling to, like ego and vanity. Of course, I'd rather have a few more T-cells and a little less character. Randy Shilts

I can only speak for myself, but there are certainly days when I feel over 50,000.... oh wait, you're talking about posts, not years.

IIRC, Peter Staley started AIDSmeds.com in 1999 and Andy was on board from the beginning. I rocked up in early 2001. I think you were here from around 2000, yes? I know you were one of the first people I "met" here, and that was even before we had the FuseTalk forum software. I think Peter got us FuseTalk in late 2001 or early 2002. You, Andy and me are the only ones left from the pre-FuseTalk days. Don't know about you, but I miss Peter and Tim Horn, the other original member/moderator.

I honestly do not know how you have kept at it this long . I feel like I have a million post in AM I already but its far from that .

I can only speak for myself, but there are certainly days when I feel over 50,000.... oh wait, you're talking about posts, not years.

IIRC, Peter Staley started AIDSmeds.com in 1999 and Andy was on board from the beginning. I rocked up in early 2001. I think you were here from around 2000, yes? I know you were one of the first people I "met" here, and that was even before we had the FuseTalk forum software. I think Peter got us FuseTalk in late 2001 or early 2002. You, Andy and me are the only ones left from the pre-FuseTalk days. Don't know about you, but I miss Peter and Tim Horn, the other original member/moderator.

That's about right Ann...There was always Peter, Andy and Tim H...I found the site around 2000 and you were one of the very first people I remember. Soon after were Jim (fiskernish and krakerjm), Jan (anniebc) Joe Killfoile, Rocky, Ric Wilke, Jonathan (JK) and Tim (Moffie) as well as Canadian guys Gregory Scott and Alan (doyourowndamndishes). Other old timers I recall were Alanbama, Tim Hunter was fairly early on, Hermie, Brian, Lisa, Emeraldize and Bailey as well. Probably leaving some folks out, chime in someone if you too were an early bird here at aidsmeds.com.

Jody

Keep on truckin' Ann and you other good people.

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"Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world". "Try to discover that you are the song that the morning brings."